What is a Significant Financial Interest?

When the Investigator’s related research is not funded by the Public Health Service (PHS), significant financial interests (SFIs) include:

  • Remuneration from any entity during a 12-month period that exceeds $10,000
  • Equity in a public for-profit entity plus remuneration from that entity in aggregate exceeding $10,000 during a 12-month period
  • Equity in a public for-profit entity that exceeds a 5% ownership interest
  • Equity in a private for-profit entity
  • Management, Officer, or Board of Directors position in any entity
  • Inventor of intellectual property and the receipt of royalty or other payments that exceed $10,000 during a 12-month period. 

When the Investigator’s related research is funded by PHS, SFIs include:

  • Remuneration from any entity during a 12-month period that exceeds $5,000
  • Equity in a public for-profit entity plus remuneration from that entity in aggregate exceeding $5,000 during a 12-month period
  • Equity in a public for-profit entity that exceeds a 5% ownership interest
  • Equity in a private for-profit entity
  • Management, Officer, or Board of Directors position in any entity
  • Inventor of intellectual property and the receipt of royalty or other payments that exceed $5,000 during a 12-month period
  • Reimbursed or sponsored travel from any entity with amounts that are not proportional to the disclosed outside activity